Improvement in thill-couplings



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Thill Coupling.

No. 90,866. Patented June 1, 1869.

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fitting D. WELLINGTON ONDERDONK, OF ALBION, NEYV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO H IMSELF, PHILQ A. CASTLE, AND ANDREW S. ONDERDONIQ'OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 90,866, dated J line 1, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN THILL-COUPLINGS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, D.WELLINGTON ONDERDOXK, of Albion, in the county of Orleans, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Thin-Couplings for Carriages; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which' Figure 1 is a perspective view. fi Figure 2 is a sectional view, taken on the line a; x,

Figure 3 represents a spring-catch.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the difierent figures.

The object of my invention is to provide a safe, cheap, and convenient thill-coupling, without screws or bolts, which shal avoid rattling.

I will proceed to describe my invention.

A is the part of the coupling which is attached to the axle-tree by the clip B.

O is a cap, which is hinged to the part A at l), and is provided with a catch, E.

F is a key-bolt, which is fitted to the slot G, in the part A, and is provided with a spring, H, (see fig. 3,) which acts against the clip B.

I is the part which is attached to the thill. It is forked, or divided, so as to embrace the part A. p A bult or rivet, J, connects the two arms of this fork. A rubbe1"bushing, a, is placed around the rivet J.

In ordento attach the thill to the carriage, the cap O is opened by throwing the bolt' F back, by means of the heads, which project beyond the part A. The part I is brought into such a position that the rivet J may be dropped 'into the opening K, in the part A, when the cap 0 is pressed down, and the bolt F springs into the catch E.

Any convenient spring may be used to hold down the cap 0. 7

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The hinged cap 0, with its catch E, bolt, or rivet, J, key-bolt I with its spring H, and rubber a, all' combined and arranged as herein shown and described.

1). WELLINGTON ONDERDON K. Witnesses:

FnANcnso'A CASTLE, GEO. M. HOPKINS. 

